Although the role only involves managing around 10 games per season, it requires the individual to be an ambassador for the FA and the country 365 days a year. How he failed to fathom that, I do not know.

His departure after just one match in charge is absolutely a self-inflicted wound. He was surprisingly naive and should never have even entertained talk about third-party ownership.

Meanwhile, the episode that ended Allardyce’s reign feels like another reminder that football is a beautiful game but a dirty industry.

His conversation with undercover reporters posing as businessmen, although it did not lead to him breaking rules, suggests that such offences are still rife despite a crackdown on third-party ownership.

There have always been shady goings-on in football but now there is so much money in the game and so many people chasing it. That greed casts a sorry light on where football is at this point.

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